About

Known credits:
60
Birthday:
1818-11-09
Place of birth:
Oryol, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire [now Oryol Oblast, Russia]
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Ivan Turgenev

Overview

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West.

Turgenev made his name with 'A Sportsman's Sketches', also known as 'Sketches from a Hunter's Album' or 'Notes of a Hunter', a collection of short stories, based on his observations of peasant life and nature, while hunting in the forests around his mother's estate of Spasskoye. The book is credited with having influenced public opinion in favour of the abolition of serfdom in 1861. Turgenev himself considered the book to be his most important contribution to Russian literature. One of the stories, 'Bezhin Lea' or 'Byezhin Prairie', was to become the basis for Sergei Eisenstein's controversial film Bezhin Meadow (1937).

In the early 1850s, Turgenev wrote several novellas ('The Diary of a Superfluous Man', 'Faust', 'The Lull') expressing the anxieties and hopes of Russians of his generation. During the period of 1853–62 Turgenev wrote some of his finest stories as well as the first four of his novels: 'Rudin' (1856), 'A Nest of the Gentry' (1859), 'On the Eve' (1860) and 'Fathers and Sons' (1862). Fathers and Sons remains Turgenev's most famous novel. The novel examined the conflict between the older generation, reluctant to accept reforms, and the nihilistic youth.

Known for

Writing
2016 Väter und Söhne Writing Novel N/A
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2014 Two Women Writing Theatre Play 59
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2013 My First Love Writing Novel N/A
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2002 Erste Liebe Writing Novel 59
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2001 Lover's Prayer Writing Novel 58
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2000 First Love Writing Novel 59
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1998 Mu-Mu Writing Novel 58
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1995 The First Love Writing Writer N/A
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1989 Torrents of Spring Writing Novel 59
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1988 Dream Writing Novel 59
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1987 Rudin Writing Writer N/A
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1987 Rudin Writing Book N/A
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1987 Mu-mu Writing Short Story N/A
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1985 On the Eve Writing Author N/A
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1985 Summer Lightning Writing Story 59
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1984 Faust Writing Short Story N/A
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1983 Nadja Yet Writing Adaptation 59
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1982 Rudin Writing Author N/A
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1982 Delenie majetku Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1978 Liza Writing Writer N/A
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1977 Lone Wolf Writing Screenplay 59
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1977 Rudin Writing Writer 58
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1977 Asya Writing Novel 58
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1976 Fantasia Writing Novel N/A
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1975 Return Writing Writer N/A
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1973 Noc v krčme „U veľkého diviaka“ Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1973 Mumu Writing Short Story N/A
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1972 Otcové a děti Writing Novel N/A
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1972 Жизнь и смерть дворянина Чертопханова Writing Novel N/A
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1972 A Touch of a Butterfly Writing Book N/A
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1971 First Love Writing Short Story N/A
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1970 First Love Writing Novel 58
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1970 Podzim Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1970 Fortune's Fool Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1969 A Nest of Gentry Writing Novel 58
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1969 The Song of Triumphant Love Writing Short Story 59
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1969 První láska Writing Novel N/A
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1969 First Love Writing Story N/A
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1968 Jarní vody Writing Novel 59
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1968 Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film Writing Story 58
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1967 Zabijaka Writing Short Story N/A
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1966 Venkovská panička Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1966 The Journey of the Fifth Horse Writing Writer N/A
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1966 Un mois à la campagne Writing Writer N/A
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1966 A Month in the Country Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1964 S čím kdo zachází Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1959 On the Eve Writing Novel 59
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1959 Муму Writing Story 59
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1959 Fathers and Sons Writing Writer 58
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1953 Завтрак у предводителя Writing Story N/A
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1953 The Parasite Writing Screenplay 58
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1950 Duelo en las montañas Writing Novel 59
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1924 Frühlingsfluten Writing Story N/A
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1923 Le chant de l'amour triomphant Writing Story N/A
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1919 Three Portraits Writing Story N/A
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1919 Faust Writing Story N/A
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1915 After Death Writing Novel 59
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1915 Fathers and Sons Writing Novel N/A
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1915 Song of Triumphant Love Writing Short Story N/A
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1910 Lieutenant Yergunov Writing Short Story N/A
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